The following picture seems to be of an early F-101A. Although the serial is hard to make out, I think its 0-32422 (formerly 53-2422) which would make it the fifth F-101A off the production line. Photo taken as recently as 25 March 2010 at Edwards AFB, California, south east of the base and between the B-52’s and the B-47B
This photo is is an unidentified F-101 in a scrapyard in Rosamond, California as recently as 19 March 2010: http://www.flickr.com/photos/basstubert/4783108830/
Also, you will find that THIS link http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/caf_voodoos_detailed_list.htm is a pretty comprehensive listing and potted history of all the CF-101s that served in Canada .For example
first date: 5 August 1970 – Taken on strength
Ex USAF s/n 56-260, F-101F-66-MC. With No. 410 Squadron and No. 425 All Weather Fighter Squadron, CFB Bagotville, PQ. Flew in 425 Squadron demonstration team in 1972, the Alouette Reds. Became Instructional Airframe 874B on 20 May 1987, used for battle damage repair training at CFB North Bay, Ontario. On display at Lindsay Air Park, Ontario by 1995. At the Ottawa War Museum by January 2006.
last date: 5 August 1992 – Struck off
Is there a preserved F-101A/C?
Regards
Serial number 53-2418 was the first production A-model delivered to Edwards AFB in August 1954. Its maiden flight was on 29 September 1954, with a McDonnell test pilot Robert C. Little. Test flight results: Mach 0.9 at 35,000 ft (10,500 m), with a maximum test speed to Mach 1.4. This aircraft, which is privately owned, has been moved the Evergreen Maintenance Center in Marana, Arizona to undergo restoration for display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. It was previously on display at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum.
There a picture of it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-101. Looks to me to be somewhat faded and sun bleached (but at least she’s rust free!)
This is what she looked like in September 1954, around the time of her first flight:
Pembroke for sale
The CAA permit is valid until June 2012
Cannot help but wonder if the sale of this aircraft at this time is the “historic aviation” equivalent of selling a second-hand car with an MOT that is due to run out soon?
When I’ve been in the market for a second hand car, I avoid ones with an MOT that is due to run out soon. To me, that indicates that the current owner has found something that will go wrong shortly, and will cost a fortune to fix. They’d rather sell on the car now, and make the expensive-to-fix item that’s about to go wrong the next owners’ problem.
In the case of Pembroke WV740, for “MOT” read “CAA Permit”. If the CAA Permit is coming up for renewal in the very near future, let’s hope, for the new owners sake, that he hasn’t bought a white elephant, and that the £12,600 purchase price hasn’t brought him a one-way ticket to a whole heap of expensive problems…as with cars, the purchase price is not the end of the expenditure, it is just the start!
If he has, then WV740’s days as an airworthy airframe are very few – 83 days (until 30-6-2012) at most. That may also explain the relatively low sale price for an airworthy historic aircraft: it may not be airworthy for much longer.
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